Edith Piaf News

Today is Saturday, Dec. 19, the 353rd day of 2009 with 12 to follow. The moon is waxing.

It was the last benefit of the summer in the Hamptons. Rufus Wainwright and Norah Jones were the headliners.

A sold-out Lincoln Theatre hosted singer Yasmin Levy last night in a program whose material ranged the globe.

You've posed for a picture in front of the Eiffel Tower, checked out the Mona Lisa at the Louvre and walked to the top of the Arc de Triomphe.

As musical tributes go, tackling the songs of Edith Piaf is not a project for the faint-hearted. Nearly half a century after her death, the gravel-voiced Parisian is still revered by a fiercely devoted fan base, not just as a musician but as an emblem of French culture and a martyr to doomed love.

COMPERE Neil Newton described it as the biggest competition he has ever been involved in as Southport's Got Talent reached a critical stage on Wednesday evening.

Louise Pitre as Ma Ferd and Evan Alexander Smith, as the Toxic Avenger in the play "The Toxic Avenger Musical" by Dancap Productions Inc.

Although she was based in Calcutta, she held sway over her fans in undivided India in the early 1940s till the early 1950s.

It was a wonder the buses on The Strand did not screech to a halt when the sound waves thundered out of the Vaudeville Theatre.

Start: Oct 25, 2009 End: Oct 25, 2009 Time: 6:00pm Price: Tickets are $10 Contact: 822-2326 Location: 426 E. Tehachapi Blvd., Tehachapi, Ca 93561 Visit Paris without ever leaving Tehachapi when Delilah Shank sings the classic torch songs and romantic ballads of legendary French singer Edith Piaf.

The Oscars became a foreign affair at their midpoint on Sunday as France's Marion Cotillard won best film actress, Britain's Tilda Swinton took supporting actress and Spain's Javier Bardem grabbed supporting actor.

Sometimes, the thing that brings the couple together - celebrity - is also the thing that breaks them apart.

Marion Cotillard's idea of a perfect way to spend an afternoon? "Going to a museum.

Share a cocktail with an icon, as she shares anecdotes of her passion for men, music and morphine this week at the Charlie White Theatre.

A one-woman musical drama by Roger Peace with 13 French songs originally performed by Edith Piaf will be presented by Tone Poet Productions in association with The Mary Winspear Centre from Aug.

A one-woman musical drama by Roger Peace with 13 French songs originally performed by Edith Piaf will be presented by Tone Poet Productions in association with The Mary Winspear Centre from Aug.

It's the classic rags to riches story. Abandoned by her parents and brought up in an orphanage, Gabrielle Coco Chanel went on to build, arguably, the world's most famous fashion house.

You don't have to live in France to celebrate Bastille Day on July 14th. We like to use the day as an excuse to break open a bottle of champagne, and listen to one of France's most legendary songstresses, Edith Piaf.

Napoleon is out. So are Jacques Chirac, Arsne Wenger and Eric Cantona. Charles de Gaulle is favourite, followed by Edith Piaf, Jacques Cousteau and Victor Hugo.

The beignets are back, dogs and their doting owners will parade the streets, and - cheeses! - you can learn all about cheeses, too.